Oct 1, 2020
Canada must step up and implement a universal basic income
Alexandra Zannis
Canada wasn't going to get UBI in the throne speech, but activists and supporters can continue to push for the basic income policies we want and need.
Speech from the Throne
Sep 25, 2020
Canada is no longer calling the shots when it comes to equitable global access to the COVID-19 vaccine
Adam R. Houston
Srinivas Murthy
Justin Trudeau's assertion that "to eliminate the virus anywhere, we need to eliminate it everywhere" somehow doesn’t feel like the inspirational commitment to equitable access it once did.
Sep 25, 2020
Throne speech has much to offer the labour movement if promises come through, experts say
Chelsea Nash
The labour movement clearly has the ear of the Trudeau government, some observers say.
Sep 25, 2020
Throne speech: Trudeau government signals important changes, but may buckle to demands of elites
Bruce Campbell
The Liberal government will need to be pushed towards transformative change by widespread political mobilization and a paradigm shift as occurred at the end of the Second World War.
Sep 21, 2020
Throne speech recovery plan must be just, green and intersectional
Karri Munn-Venn
Brad Wassink
"Normal" has fallen apart, and one way or another, Canada will come out on the other side of this crisis a different country.
Dec 4, 2015
Throne Speech is most notable for what it does not say
Karl Nerenberg
Justin Trudeau's team chose the route of generalities and platitudes in its Throne Speech. The exceptions are committing to the inquiry on missing Indigenous women and to ending first-past-the-post.
Jun 12, 2015
Inside baseball: Legislature picks Speaker; Albertans to get first glimpse of NDP policy Monday
David J. Climenhaga
The NDP, to its great credit, is so far sticking to its guns and indicating it will keep its promise to raise the minimum wage.
Oct 29, 2013
Ceremonial Speech to Chamber starts session, sitting or whatever: Some Honourable Members, 'Arf! Arf!'
David J. Climenhaga
The only news of substance in Alberta was that the Legislature is now the regular workplace of a dog for the first time since the election of… OK, this time it's a real dog.
Oct 22, 2013
The semantics of the throne speech: What was Harper really saying?
Anton Oleinik
Harper's recent throne speech left many wondering what it meant for the key issues of the Conservatives' agenda. But what does the language and key words of the throne speech reveal?
Oct 18, 2013
Hard on families, light on crime: Some thoughts on the throne speech
The throne speech had a lot to say about Canadian families. However, the majority of Canadian families are left out of this picture. Not to mention the majority of Canadians.
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